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The Classic is back! ATARI Flashback 3 is the return of the ever popular Atari games inside a classic game console with two ATARI Flashback 2600 controllers. There are 60 Atari games built-in that defined a generation!
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61 of 64 people found the following review helpful
By Art
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
As the other review mentioned, you probably can find the Flashback 3 cheaper. I paid $49. I could of even paid less, but they were out of stock and there were some sales I missed so I settled to pay the $49 at Walgreens. Still not a bad price.
I can't compare the gameplay to the Flashback 1 or 2, but I find the Flashback 3 to entertain my need for the games I grew up with. It does not contain every Atari game I would want, such as Space Invaders, Pac Man, and many Activision games for Atari, but still a decent list of 60 games. Some of my favorites being Battlezone, Asteroids and Air-Sea Battle, plus some unrealeased games like Aquadventure.
The quality of materials and construction is not the best, at least not like an original Atari, but for the price, it is okay. It is made by a Chinese manufacturer , AtGames. and licensed by Atari.
My only complaints are that it has games that originally required the Atari paddle controllers such as Super Breakout , Night Driver and Missile Command. The joysticks simply do not work well for these games. The good thing is that if you can get some original Atari paddle controllers as well as original joysticks, they are supposed to be able to work with the FB3.
Users will find that it may be helpful to look online for the original instruction manuals to help them learn more about how to play the games and select which ones are 1 or 2 players. There is an instruction manual with the FB3, but it only gives a brief description of each game.
For all you young people who were born in the high graphic video game era of XBox and Playstation, please understand that these are the original video games before your time, so before you say the graphics suck, that is because that's how video games were before you were born. So don't review this if you attempt to compare with modern gaming systems. It's for gamers who appreciate games, not graphics.
I can't compare the gameplay to the Flashback 1 or 2, but I find the Flashback 3 to entertain my need for the games I grew up with. It does not contain every Atari game I would want, such as Space Invaders, Pac Man, and many Activision games for Atari, but still a decent list of 60 games. Some of my favorites being Battlezone, Asteroids and Air-Sea Battle, plus some unrealeased games like Aquadventure.
The quality of materials and construction is not the best, at least not like an original Atari, but for the price, it is okay. It is made by a Chinese manufacturer , AtGames. and licensed by Atari.
My only complaints are that it has games that originally required the Atari paddle controllers such as Super Breakout , Night Driver and Missile Command. The joysticks simply do not work well for these games. The good thing is that if you can get some original Atari paddle controllers as well as original joysticks, they are supposed to be able to work with the FB3.
Users will find that it may be helpful to look online for the original instruction manuals to help them learn more about how to play the games and select which ones are 1 or 2 players. There is an instruction manual with the FB3, but it only gives a brief description of each game.
For all you young people who were born in the high graphic video game era of XBox and Playstation, please understand that these are the original video games before your time, so before you say the graphics suck, that is because that's how video games were before you were born. So don't review this if you attempt to compare with modern gaming systems. It's for gamers who appreciate games, not graphics.
40 of 44 people found the following review helpful
By </><
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I also have the previous Atari flashback 2, this is the same game system ALMOST, sure it has a nice 60 game collection...
BUT...they took out 3 of the best games! They took OFF the game system PITFALL, RIVER RAID and LUNAR LANDER, 3 of the best games found in Flashback 2.0 (but also NOT included in flashback 2+). A lot of the games are duds and homebrews but it also has many of the great Atari classics like Asteroids, Missile Command, Battle Zone, Adventure as well as the Real Sports series. I really wish they'd have included the Atari 5200 and.or 7800 games, those were awesome, why it's just the old Atari games we find nastolgic? I am not sure. Plus I really wish they included the arcade hits like Pac-man, Defender, Zaxxon, ect and the Activision games, I understand it's due to licensing but I mean COME ON! It's an old 1980 game, do they always have to make money? Let them put out the old crappy graphics games! Maybe it will revive the interest and will want to buy updated versions on Playstation, who knows, but they do no one any good just sitting in a vault somewhere! Anyhow, it's a very good all in one Atari throw back, it's a cute sized console, about 1/2 of the original, the control's are like the original and well made. Get this now as it will prob be out of print, good just to hold on to this for memories sake.
PS- I bought my unit at Dollar General for $35.
BUT...they took out 3 of the best games! They took OFF the game system PITFALL, RIVER RAID and LUNAR LANDER, 3 of the best games found in Flashback 2.0 (but also NOT included in flashback 2+). A lot of the games are duds and homebrews but it also has many of the great Atari classics like Asteroids, Missile Command, Battle Zone, Adventure as well as the Real Sports series. I really wish they'd have included the Atari 5200 and.or 7800 games, those were awesome, why it's just the old Atari games we find nastolgic? I am not sure. Plus I really wish they included the arcade hits like Pac-man, Defender, Zaxxon, ect and the Activision games, I understand it's due to licensing but I mean COME ON! It's an old 1980 game, do they always have to make money? Let them put out the old crappy graphics games! Maybe it will revive the interest and will want to buy updated versions on Playstation, who knows, but they do no one any good just sitting in a vault somewhere! Anyhow, it's a very good all in one Atari throw back, it's a cute sized console, about 1/2 of the original, the control's are like the original and well made. Get this now as it will prob be out of print, good just to hold on to this for memories sake.
PS- I bought my unit at Dollar General for $35.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Mark Harris
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
To begin, I found my Atari Flashback 3 at Sam's Club for $35, and I don't know that I would pay any more than that for this particular unit. As stated in other reviews, the omission of Pitfall and River Raid, two of the all-time Activision greats, is a step backwards in my opinion. The 60 games included in this version are as follows:
3D Tic-Tac-Toe, Adventure, Adventure II, Air-Sea Battle, Aquaventure, Asteroids, Backgammon, Basketball, Battlezone, Bowling, Canyon Bomber, Centipede, Championship Soccer, Circus Atari, Combat, Combat 2, Demons to Diamonds, Desert Falcon, Dodge 'Em, Double Dunk, Fatal Run, Flag Capture, Frog Pond, Fun With Numbers, Golf, Gravitar, Hangman, Haunted House, Home Run, Human Cannonball, Maze Craze, Miniature Golf, Missile Command, Night Driver, Off the Wall, Outlaw, Realsports Baseball, Realsports Basketball, Realsports Soccer, Realsports Volleyball, Saboteur, Save Mary, Secret Quest, Sky Diver, Space War, Sprintmaster, Star Ship, Steeplechase, Submarine Commander, Super Baseball, Super Breakout, Super Football, Surround, SwordQuest: Earthworld, SwordQuest: Fireworld, Video Checkers, Video Chess, Video Pinball, Wizard, Yar's Revenge
As you can see, some of the sports games are needlessly duplicated; there are no less than THREE baseball titles, and why do we need the original Basketball and Soccer games when the far superior Realsports versions are included? Also, most of the "educational titles" are either for very young players (e.g. Fun With Numbers) or too complicated (unless you are already familiar with it, 3D Tic-Tac-Toe is a total mystery).
Another minor complaint is the totally useless "instruction manual," which tells you how to connect the console (DUH) but offers little to no help with the game play or controls, and instead has a brief description of each game. (The remedy for this, luckily, is simply searching for the manuals online, which are fairly easy to find.) But I have to wonder why they would even include such complicated games as the SwordQuest titles, when you cannot accomplish the objectives of these games without the instruction manuals and comic books that originally came with them. These definitely should have been replaced by other games that would be easier to figure out.
The reproduction joysticks that come with the unit are very close to the originals in appearance and design, but are a bit more "squishy" and not quite as responsive. I found playing some of the games a bit harder than it used to be with the real thing. As for the games that used the Paddle controllers (such as Super Breakout, Circus Atari, and Night Driver), don't even bother trying to use the joysticks; you'll just get frustrated and want to hurl them at the tv. Fortunately, the original Paddles can be plugged in and used instead, if you still have a working set.
Finally, the all of the cords are somewhat short. I ended up using an extension cord for the power plug to get the console closer to me, but still had to stretch the A/V and joystick cables as far as they would go so I could sit on the couch to play. Yeah, that smacks of laziness, but that's kind of the reason you'd buy this plug & play unit, isn't it? :)
Overall, it was a lot of fun revisiting these titles without having to drag my original console and carts out of the attic, but I was a bit disappointed with the titles included. 4/5 stars for the fun rating, but the minor inconveniences and less than stellar game lineup dropped it to 3/5 stars. All things considered, if you can grab a used unit on the Amazon Marketplace and get a good price, I'd still give it a thumbs up.
3D Tic-Tac-Toe, Adventure, Adventure II, Air-Sea Battle, Aquaventure, Asteroids, Backgammon, Basketball, Battlezone, Bowling, Canyon Bomber, Centipede, Championship Soccer, Circus Atari, Combat, Combat 2, Demons to Diamonds, Desert Falcon, Dodge 'Em, Double Dunk, Fatal Run, Flag Capture, Frog Pond, Fun With Numbers, Golf, Gravitar, Hangman, Haunted House, Home Run, Human Cannonball, Maze Craze, Miniature Golf, Missile Command, Night Driver, Off the Wall, Outlaw, Realsports Baseball, Realsports Basketball, Realsports Soccer, Realsports Volleyball, Saboteur, Save Mary, Secret Quest, Sky Diver, Space War, Sprintmaster, Star Ship, Steeplechase, Submarine Commander, Super Baseball, Super Breakout, Super Football, Surround, SwordQuest: Earthworld, SwordQuest: Fireworld, Video Checkers, Video Chess, Video Pinball, Wizard, Yar's Revenge
As you can see, some of the sports games are needlessly duplicated; there are no less than THREE baseball titles, and why do we need the original Basketball and Soccer games when the far superior Realsports versions are included? Also, most of the "educational titles" are either for very young players (e.g. Fun With Numbers) or too complicated (unless you are already familiar with it, 3D Tic-Tac-Toe is a total mystery).
Another minor complaint is the totally useless "instruction manual," which tells you how to connect the console (DUH) but offers little to no help with the game play or controls, and instead has a brief description of each game. (The remedy for this, luckily, is simply searching for the manuals online, which are fairly easy to find.) But I have to wonder why they would even include such complicated games as the SwordQuest titles, when you cannot accomplish the objectives of these games without the instruction manuals and comic books that originally came with them. These definitely should have been replaced by other games that would be easier to figure out.
The reproduction joysticks that come with the unit are very close to the originals in appearance and design, but are a bit more "squishy" and not quite as responsive. I found playing some of the games a bit harder than it used to be with the real thing. As for the games that used the Paddle controllers (such as Super Breakout, Circus Atari, and Night Driver), don't even bother trying to use the joysticks; you'll just get frustrated and want to hurl them at the tv. Fortunately, the original Paddles can be plugged in and used instead, if you still have a working set.
Finally, the all of the cords are somewhat short. I ended up using an extension cord for the power plug to get the console closer to me, but still had to stretch the A/V and joystick cables as far as they would go so I could sit on the couch to play. Yeah, that smacks of laziness, but that's kind of the reason you'd buy this plug & play unit, isn't it? :)
Overall, it was a lot of fun revisiting these titles without having to drag my original console and carts out of the attic, but I was a bit disappointed with the titles included. 4/5 stars for the fun rating, but the minor inconveniences and less than stellar game lineup dropped it to 3/5 stars. All things considered, if you can grab a used unit on the Amazon Marketplace and get a good price, I'd still give it a thumbs up.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun for all ages.
It takes me back to the 80's when I was a child. My young nephews also enjoy it and find the controls easy to use for young hands.
Published 1 month ago by senatordan
5.0 out of 5 stars
if you get this first thing you should do is play centipede
just awsome to play all thes old games and just have fun with your family youll have a lot of fun
Published 1 month ago by Jesselain L. Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome!
Really cool game set to take you way back to the 80s when things were so much simpler. Ha Ha!
Published 2 months ago by robin ronemus-shuler
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun to play...
Its kind of like going back in time, my Daughter does not see the fun in it but thats ok, I do
Published 2 months ago by Kevin Doucet
5.0 out of 5 stars
memories !!!
Felt like i was 8 years old again !!! This was the way video games should be ...I wish pitfall and pacman were in the games !!!
Published 3 months ago by Trevor Bridges
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not what I expected
This was an impulse buy and I really wish I would have done some research on this product before I purchased. My 4 yr old plays it some. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jamie
1.0 out of 5 stars
Puzzled
I tried to connect to 2 tv's without success, I know there.is power because the light is on on the plug. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Camerabug
5.0 out of 5 stars
Flashback!
My intellectually challenged child remembered this from her childhood and was so thrilled to have one again. It is so great to see the enjoyment it brings her. Happy Mom
Published 4 months ago by Francine
2.0 out of 5 stars
NOT what I was expecting. It was very hinky...
When I plugged it in for my wife I was excited because she had a lot of good memories with these games. And that is where the fun stopped. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Randal Blanchette
3.0 out of 5 stars
Just take the time to buy the real thing
If you want to experience retro video game action on the Atari, buy the real thing. Then specifically buy the games you want. Let's face it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Andrew Lynch
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